The history of the People's Republic of Congo—Brazzaville
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- Unions Fail to Stop Privatisation
- By Louis Okamba, IPS, 25 January 1996. Debt allows World
Bank and IMF to force Congo&s government to sell off
public assets. Unions strike against the end of democratic
control of these assets, their sale to government figures,
and their control passing to Western capitalist
- Lorry Drivers On Strike In Northern
- Panafrican News Agency, 31 January 2000. Lorry drivers
in northern Congo have gone on an indefinite strike to
protest against cumbersome military and police roadblocks
and the sporadic inhumane treatment meted out to them by
soldiers and policemen.
- Congo teachers defy government sanction
- BBC News Online, Monday 28 May 2001. Teachers in Congo
Brazzaville have defied a government ruling making their
week-old strike illegal. The country's education
authorities threatened severe sanctions against any
teachers who refused to start work this week.